HCPCS 78431

Imaging service (ClaimLight category; the code descriptor is not shown)

Imaging Work RVU per service none (2024 fee schedule; adds 0 work RVUs)

1,960
91st percentile among 6,471 codes billed · 2024
$248M
99th percentile among 6,471 codes billed · 2024
194K
89th percentile among 6,471 codes billed · 2024
56
75th percentile among 6,471 codes billed · 2024
296
73rd percentile among 6,471 codes billed · 2024
+51.8%
Medicare payment on the code vs 2023; billers +42.3% · 2024

Trend

Medicare payment on the code

$0$100M$200M2020: $23M paid20202021: $55M paid20212022: $100M paid20222023: $163M paid20232024: $248M paid2024$248M$0$100M$200M2020: $23M paid20202021: $55M paid20212022: $100M paid20222023: $163M paid20232024: $248M paid2024$248M$0$100M$200M2020: $23M paid20202021: $55M paid20212022: $100M paid20222023: $163M paid20232024: $248M paid2024$248M$0$100M$200M2020: $23M paid20202021: $55M paid20212022: $100M paid20222023: $163M paid20232024: $248M paid2024$248M

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.

Billers

01,0002,0002020: 459 providers20202021: 691 providers20212022: 1,016 providers20222023: 1,377 providers20232024: 1,960 providers20241,96001,0002,0002020: 459 providers20202021: 691 providers20212022: 1,016 providers20222023: 1,377 providers20232024: 1,960 providers20241,96001,0002,0002020: 459 providers20202021: 691 providers20212022: 1,016 providers20222023: 1,377 providers20232024: 1,960 providers20241,96001,0002,0002020: 459 providers20202021: 691 providers20212022: 1,016 providers20222023: 1,377 providers20232024: 1,960 providers20241,960

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated reported
20241,960$248,249,716+52%193,996562960.00
20231,377$163,490,280+63%135,139513090.00
20221,016$100,087,015+83%96,781432950.00
2021691$54,665,436+138%59,524442660.00
2020459$22,930,880first year in data32,630402330.00

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.

By state

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated
Texas238$47,250,86728,96273390
Florida256$40,245,13523,38161237
California150$33,366,95823,02380433
Illinois76$21,929,53416,85593314
Pennsylvania130$18,361,15411,71975253
Virginia72$14,545,1697,82561339
New York81$8,686,3149,11565336
Louisiana64$8,517,1715,65359213
Alabama58$7,733,2035,12065236
New Jersey58$7,631,1004,97251332
Mississippi54$6,906,2585,28076267
Nevada55$6,882,6075,76760420
Arizona63$6,297,3475,91172243
Kansas37$4,585,2864,56768342
Utah44$1,547,5724,63284288

Not listed: 11 states with fewer than 11 billers (small cells).

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Providers placed by practice address. Data year 2024.

Top metro areas

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX130$33,143,44618,98098
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD139$27,540,38715,37383
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA87$24,977,27615,93077
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN65$20,340,69015,52583
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV29$10,138,2404,962154
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ70$7,649,0198,25569
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL45$6,226,3483,35638
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV46$6,036,3105,00670
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL47$5,341,0922,98942
Ocala, FL12$4,339,6742,334196
Richmond, VA28$4,133,2032,27760
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL20$3,936,3452,418105
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX42$3,898,8412,37034
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ40$3,844,1883,17960
Wichita, KS11$3,791,9812,242115

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 43 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2024.

Specialties billing 78431 nationally

Cardiology accounts for 64% of payment for 78431 nationally in 2024, across 8 specialties on claims.

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated
Cardiology1,30767%$160,036,82764%126,69497
Interventional Cardiology34017%$45,934,84619%31,61793
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)110.56%$26,478,81611%16,7071,519
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology472.4%$6,049,8982.4%3,77280
Internal Medicine703.6%$3,245,1931.3%3,91056
Nuclear Medicine643.3%$2,414,1740.97%4,15865
Diagnostic Radiology854.3%$2,228,0920.90%4,90458
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology241.2%$1,177,1230.47%1,40659

Not listed: 10 specialties with fewer than 11 billers (small cells).

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Provider-level lines (fewer than 11 beneficiaries suppressed by CMS); specialty is the provider type on claims. Data year 2024.

Top billers of 78431 nationally

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Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service only; CMS suppresses provider lines with fewer than 11 beneficiaries. How these figures are computed · Limitations